Word Meanings - AMBIGUOUSNESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Ambiguity.

ANGULARITY
The quality or state of being angular; angularness.
AMBIGUOUSNESS
Ambiguity.
VERBOSITY
The quality or state of being verbose; the use of more words than are necessary; prolixity; wordiness; verbiage. The worst fault, by far, is the extreme diffuseness and verbosity of his style. Jeffrey.
CIRCUMLOCUTION
The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrese. the plain Billingagate way of calling names . . . would save abundance of time lost by circumlocution. Swift. Circumlocution
ANFRACTUOSITY
A sinuous depression or sulcus like those separating the convolutions of the brain. (more info) 1. A state of being anfractuous, or full of windings and turnings; sinuosity. The anfractuosities of his intellect and temper. Macaulay.
PERIPHRASIS
See PERIPHRASE
CIRCUMLOCUTIONAL
Relating to, or consisting of, circumlocutions; periphrastic; circuitous.
AMBIGUITY
The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from its admitting of more than one meaning; an equivocal word or expression. No shadow of ambiguity can rest upon the
RECTANGULARITY
The quality or condition of being rectangular, or right-angled.
TRIANGULARITY
The quality or state of being triangular. Bolingbroke.
UNAMBIGUITY
Absence of ambiguity; clearness; perspicuity.